[pianotech] Database for Piano Business

[David Ilvedson]

I'm curious what it can't do that Outlook can do and would pertain to our business?   I definitely was going to use Outlook at one time...just too much stuff I'd never use...I'd like to hear how you use it.

David Ilvedson, RPT
Pacifica, CA  94044

----- Original message ----------------------------------------
From: "Al Guecia/AlliedPianoCraft" <AlliedPianoCraft at hotmail.com>
To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
Received: 3/4/2009 2:14:49 PM
Subject: Re: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business


>I downloaded a trial version of T&C and worked with it a while. It really 
>can't do what my MS Outlook can do and it if can, it's beyond my expertise 
>to get it to do what I want. I'm sticking with my Outlook.

>Al


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>From: "Mike Spalding" <mike.spalding1 at verizon.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:31 PM
>To: <pianotech at ptg.org>
>Subject: Re: [pianotech] Database for Piano Business

>> PTBiz will export customer data only, via the "Mailmerge" function.  If 
>> you try to open your PTBiz data with Microsoft Access, you will see a list 
>> of about 20 files, but the only one you can open is Mailmerge.  Apparently 
>> the developer did something to make the others inaccessible.  If some 
>> database wiz out there could figure out how to unlock all of the files, we 
>> could use Access to address the features we want, or to export all of the 
>> data to some other software.
>>
>> John Formsma wrote:
>>> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Ron Nossaman <rnossaman at cox.net 
>>> <mailto:rnossaman at cox.net>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>     I have a couple of questions. Can PTBiz export a comma delimited
>>>     file of your database?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> PTBiz will export a great deal of the data, but not all. It's been a 
>>> while, but I think it will export everything but the piano data, 
>>> invoicing, and the accounting. In other words, it exports customer 
>>> information but not piano information.  So, you're not totally out of 
>>> luck -- just have to reenter piano data.
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> JF
>>
>>